Creating a common window look in WPF

How would I create a common window look in WPF? I'm not talking about just styling the window, I'm mean having a window that has a border, grid, and some other things in it.

Thanks.

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• You can create a ControlTemplate for the window. Here is a pretty basic example that has some controls and triggers. You can easily add more elements to make it fit your needs.

     <ControlTemplate x:Key="MyWindowTemplate" TargetType="{x:Type Window}">
        <Border x:Name="WindowBorder" Style="{DynamicResource WindowBorderStyle}">
           <Grid>
              <Border Margin="4,4,4,4" Padding="0,0,0,0" x:Name="MarginBorder">
                 <AdornerDecorator>
                    <ContentPresenter/>
                 </AdornerDecorator>
              </Border>
              <ResizeGrip Visibility="Collapsed" IsTabStop="false" HorizontalAlignment="Right" x:Name="WindowResizeGrip" 
                      VerticalAlignment="Bottom" />
           </Grid>
        </Border>
        <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
           <MultiTrigger>
              <MultiTrigger.Conditions>
                 <Condition Property="ResizeMode" Value="CanResizeWithGrip"/>
                 <Condition Property="WindowState" Value="Normal"/>
              </MultiTrigger.Conditions>
              <Setter Property="Visibility" TargetName="WindowResizeGrip" Value="Visible"/>
              <Setter Property="Margin" TargetName="MarginBorder" Value="4,4,4,20" />
           </MultiTrigger>
           <Trigger Property="WindowState" Value="Maximized">
              <Setter Property="CornerRadius" TargetName="WindowBorder" Value="0,0,0,0"/>
           </Trigger>
        </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
     </ControlTemplate>
  

  You can use this ControlTemplate by setting the template property of the Window:

     Template="{StaticResource MyWindowTemplate}"
  

  You will want to use this in conjunction with a style like this:

     <Style x:Key="MyWindowStyle" TargetType="{x:Type Window}">
        <Setter Property="AllowsTransparency" Value="False" />
        <Setter Property="WindowStyle" Value="SingleBorderWindow" />
        <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.WindowTextBrushKey}}"/>
        <Setter Property="Background" Value="Transparent" />
        <Setter Property="ShowInTaskbar" Value="False" />
        <Setter Property="Template">
           <Setter.Value>
              <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Window}">
                 <Border>
                    <AdornerDecorator>
                       <ContentPresenter/>
                    </AdornerDecorator>
                 </Border>
              </ControlTemplate>
           </Setter.Value>
        </Setter>
     </Style>
  

  And set the style on your Window like this:

  Style="{StaticResource MyWindowStyle}"
  

  Josh Close : This works great. The only problem I have now is that I have some events in the ControlTemplate code. If I want all windows to use the template, then I need to put the resource in a different file. When I do that, the events don't work anymore.

• What I ended up doing was creating a base class that created the UI code that I wanted in every window. This allows me to set events for controls and have the event subscription in the base class. If there is a better way of doing this, like using xaml, I'd like to know.

  public WindowBase()
  {
      Initialized += WindowBase_Initialized;
  }
  
  private void WindowBase_Initialized( object sender, EventArgs e )
  {
      Border border = new Border();
      border.SetResourceReference( Control.StyleProperty, "WindowBorder" );
  
      border.Child = new ContentPresenter { Content = this.Content};
  
      this.Content = border;
  }